What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Kuwait and Mauritania?

183,660 people, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Mauritania?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kuwait vs Mauritania: The global population hockey stick

Kuwait

4.84 million people

in 2023

Mauritania

5.02 million people

in 2023

Kuwait rank

129th

Mauritania rank

128th

The global population hockey stick over time

Kuwait
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 5.02 million people against 4.84 million people in Kuwait, a difference of 183,660 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mauritania ahead.

Kuwait ranks 129th and Mauritania ranks 128th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kuwait	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	69,000 people	172,000 people	103,000 people	Mauritania
1100s	69,000 people	184,900 people	115,900 people	Mauritania
1200s	69,000 people	197,800 people	128,800 people	Mauritania
1300s	69,000 people	220,000 people	151,000 people	Mauritania
1400s	69,000 people	240,000 people	171,000 people	Mauritania
1500s	69,000 people	258,000 people	189,000 people	Mauritania
1600s	135,000 people	301,000 people	166,000 people	Mauritania
1700s	117,000 people	344,000 people	227,000 people	Mauritania
1710s	120,284 people	352,995 people	232,711 people	Mauritania
1720s	121,499 people	355,364 people	233,865 people	Mauritania
1730s	122,726 people	357,853 people	235,127 people	Mauritania
1740s	123,966 people	360,475 people	236,509 people	Mauritania
1750s	125,218 people	363,243 people	238,025 people	Mauritania
1760s	126,483 people	366,172 people	239,689 people	Mauritania
1770s	127,760 people	369,282 people	241,522 people	Mauritania
1780s	129,051 people	372,594 people	243,543 people	Mauritania
1790s	130,354 people	376,134 people	245,780 people	Mauritania
1800s	81,280 people	382,696 people	301,416 people	Mauritania
1810s	81,280 people	382,624 people	301,344 people	Mauritania
1820s	81,280 people	366,684 people	285,404 people	Mauritania
1830s	81,280 people	333,976 people	252,696 people	Mauritania
1840s	81,280 people	304,020 people	222,740 people	Mauritania
1850s	81,397 people	292,970 people	211,573 people	Mauritania
1860s	81,666 people	302,163 people	220,497 people	Mauritania
1870s	84,204 people	313,386 people	229,182 people	Mauritania
1880s	89,631 people	328,233 people	238,603 people	Mauritania
1890s	95,450 people	347,206 people	251,756 people	Mauritania
1900s	101,652 people	372,589 people	270,937 people	Mauritania
1910s	109,491 people	398,726 people	289,236 people	Mauritania
1920s	119,232 people	440,320 people	321,088 people	Mauritania
1930s	129,753 people	508,358 people	378,605 people	Mauritania
1940s	141,393 people	595,268 people	453,875 people	Mauritania
1950s	196,711 people	725,880 people	529,170 people	Mauritania
1960s	510,192 people	937,743 people	427,552 people	Mauritania
1970s	1.09 million people	1.26 million people	170,182 people	Mauritania
1980s	1.86 million people	1.68 million people	175,922 people	Kuwait
1990s	1.70 million people	2.26 million people	561,989 people	Mauritania
2000s	2.28 million people	2.92 million people	636,872 people	Mauritania
2010s	3.73 million people	3.92 million people	181,880 people	Mauritania
2020s	4.55 million people	4.81 million people	260,975 people	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Kuwait or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 5.02 million people against 4.84 million people in Kuwait as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Kuwait and Mauritania?: 183,660 people, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Mauritania?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and Mauritania rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Kuwait ranks 129th and Mauritania ranks 128th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The global population hockey stick
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.